Lift regulation on CC for motor scooters for less noise- Biker
He also called for the legalisation of higher Cubic Centimeters (CC) for motorcycle engines for the territory. It is currently unlawful to have a motorcycle above 125 CC in the territory.
The caller’s remarks stemmed from a previous caller who blasted the bikers and other young people, who in his opinion have no respect for others when they make noise in public and disturb sleep and even conversations from happening due to the loudness of their noise.
Ignorance of the facts
The biker claimed he does not usually listen to the radio programme; however, he stumbled on it and wanted to express his views, which also reflected that of the youth of the VI.
“That is ignorance in my opinion; because the scooters make noise or the decibels of noise level are equivalent to other normal everyday items you hear. So there is no way you can shun a guy for having a loud scooter, just because he passes your house because you wanted to have a conversation,” he said.
He said it was not his intention to “attack” anyone; however, power in a motorcycle is important especially to climb hills.”
“That is why we do these upgrades,” he explained.
New Era
The first caller also mentioned that in years gone by these issues did not exist; however, the defending biker stated that this is a new era and all the curfews and the many rules and regulations have been done away with.
“This is 2017, I work seven days a week sometimes and I am 24 years of age. Sometimes I have to work at 10 in the night, my jeep is a little noisy, I have my job to do, I have my eight hours to complete, I have my bills to pay, so you want to shun me because my vehicle have a little extra noise and I am below 30 years of age?” He asked.
“These are just things you need to look at before you voice your perspective. This is why the older folks get a lot of disrespect from the youths, because of the way you talk. I know a lot of people don’t like change, you grew up one way and you want it so until you go in the ground; that is not reality.”
More CC, less noise?
The young man said if the engines Cubic Centimeters (CC) were higher on these motorcycles, the noise would be reduced.
“Please old folks, it’s not that we want to make noise with the vehicles. We put on a high performance because we would like more power. Maybe if the CC for the vehicles were a little higher then we would have the quiet muffler. Because the quiet muffler is only restrictive and not worry about performance issues. So that’s something to think about,” he pointed out.
“I am saying, I think 600 CC is ideal, because coming from an experienced rider as well, if you got that power you can get out of sticky situations. Who knows we might even have fewer accidents, it is a possibility, so we might need to look into that.”
According to the law, no person shall import into the territory any motorcycle or part that has an engine displacement of more than 125 CC.
Ride on behalf of bikers
Another point the biker raised was the convenience of the motorcycles for small islands like the Virgin Islands.
“And then if you want to be so caught up in these bikers, how about riding on behalf of these bikers, because here am I driving through the traffic through the middle to get through because it is convenient and then someone opens their door, because they don’t like that I can get through traffic. Someone might see me and willfully cut me off …I don’t think these bikers thing is cleared up among all the ages of this country. We need to not draw conclusions, we need to open our minds now to a younger perspective to actually say what can be done to help these guys instead of just shunning them”
Problem has to be addressed
Programme host Doug Wheatley said there is a need to reclaim our communities and that means the streets and everything else, adding that it is a matter that needs to be taken up to the level of the Commissioner of Police and see what can be done about that, because the problem exists.
“I think one of the difficulties is how to tackle it. We have to find a way,” he said, pointing out that there is a Noise Abatement Act and Law Enforcement Officers, suggesting that if there are insufficient numbers in the Police force to be able to cover all the angles, there needs to be a Special Constabulary, to help.
Mr Wheatley noted there have been similar complaints by persons who said the level of noise affects them from having a good night’s rest and gone are the days when Sundays’ used to be sacred and quiet.
“So I think the government really needs to do something about this because we cannot have this kind of situation in our territory. There needs to be a period where there is quietude in the territory, not every day from Monday, to Monday can be a day of heavy equipment, pouring…”
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39 Responses to “Lift regulation on CC for motor scooters for less noise- Biker”
That being said, many of the riders bring these restrictions upon themselves. They were often seen wheelieing(riding only on the back wheel, while the front wheel is up in the air) through traffic or racing on the highway. Riders should ride responsibly and respect other vehicles on the road. Most of the time riders do not use helmets, they do not indicate to the driver ahead that they wish to pass by using their turn signals. Bikers do not turn on their headlights while in traffic or even sound their horn to alert the driver ahead that they are about to pass. If the driver is changing lanes at the same time the biker is overtaking, the driver may be sorry and he may have a dented door but more than likely it is the rider whose brain will be scattered all over the road. Let us all use the roads responsibly, and there would be no need for restrictions.
It's a down grade youth the engine also needs a certain amount of back pressure in order for good performance and thats why the manufacture designed the exhaust the way it is
Second, Bigger bikes are not the answer and if u really arguing about the CC's having cause to do with the noise, rewind and come again because I know for a fact that these modifications he is talking about is to make the bikes louder. have nothing to do with power. Noise is the rage with yall because so how u feel it will make u go faster. Cut the crap.
Third, reduced regulations on bikes period will have every single one of yall going bat S*** crazy on the roads like we dont have enough problems trying to dodge riders.
If regulations are laxed for bigger bikes only then will the death rate go through the roof because yall dont have no kinda consideration for other users of the road.